Wheeled plow



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H s. DICKINSON WHEELED PLOW Filed July 25, 1918 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 OAHNVENTOR 7 VATTO NEY,

Oct. 30 1923.

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HARRY S. DICKINSON, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY -MESNE ASSIGHS, TO MOLINE PLOW COMFANYyINCORPORA-TED, F MOLINE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TION 0F VIRGINIA.

Application filed July 25,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. DICKINSON, a citizen of the United. States, residing at -Moline, in the county of Rock. Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and iiseful Improvements in \Vheeled Flows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to wheel plows, and has reference more particularly to plows of the gang type in which the plowing device are carried by a frame supportedat opposite sides by ground wheels; The in vention consists in certain novel features of construction in the mechanism for raising and lowering the plows from the power derived from the travel of the machine through the field, and in the means for controlling said mechanism; whereby the attendant will be enabled to raise and lower the plows and regulate their depth of cut with ease and facility while themachine is in operation. Q 4

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention applied to a plow in which plowing devices in-the form of disks are carried by a beam adjustable laterally to vary the width of the furrow slices, said features forming the subject matter of a divisional application filed by me on the 14th day of February 1919 Serial No. 276,- 890, It will be manifest. however, that the V present invention is not limited in its appli- 5 cation to the particular type of plowshown, but is applicable as well to other types of plows. I

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a disk gang plow having my invention embodied therein, the disks being adjusted to cut wide furrow slices. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the disks adjusted to-cut narrower furrow slices.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the plow as viewed from the land side, showing the plows raised out of action.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on the line Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the plows lowered in action.

'Fig. (5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 with cer- WHEELED PLOW.

1918.- Serial 110. 246,640.

tain parts in a different position, and with the relative positions of the land wheel and rear furrow wheel indicated.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of the land wheel, the mechanism operated thereby for raising and lowering the plows, and the controlling devices foiaaid mechanism, the parts being in the position they occupy out of action.

F ig. 8 is a vertical sectional elevationon the line b-b of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on an err larged scale on the line cc of Fig...

Fig, 10 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but with the plows lowered.

Fig. 11 is a View similar to Fig. 10 showing the position of the parts after the controlling lever has been fully operated to connect the clutch to raise the plows.

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary of the land wheel and rear furrow wheel, and the connections between the two for controlling the furrow wheel by the up and. down movements of the land wheel.

Fig. 13 is a section on the line d-d of Figs. 7, 10 and 11.

Fig. 14 is a section on the line ee of Fig. 7.

Fig. 15 is a section on the line f; of

Fig. 1., Fig. 16 is a. vertical section on the line g--g of Fig. 1.

* .vReferring to the drawings:

when the plows are fully raised.

perspective view 1 Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, If

my improved plow comprises as its main features a'front transverse frarne member in the'form of a frame bar l, supported at its furrow end by a' front furrow wheel 2; a rearwardly extending diagonal disk carrying beam 3 equipped witha number of plowing disks 4, pivotally connected at its f rward end on a vertical axis-j} to the frame member 1; a land wheel 6 supporting the beam at its rear end on its land side and a rear furrow ,wheel 7 supporting the rear 7 end of the beam on its furrow side.

The draft is applied to the frame bar 1 on a line AA at right angles to said bar,

in the presentinstance by means of a draft frame comprising two draft links 8 whose rear ends are connected by vertical pivot bolts shown in Fig. 2 in order to bring the disks more nearly in line with each other and thereby decrease the transverse space bedirection on the curved supporting arms to -mainta1n their proper angles in their new positions to the line of draft, the rear furrow wheel arm being likewise adjusted to preserve the proper relation of the rear furrow wheel to the rear disk, and finally the landv Wheel supportxis adjusted on the beam in a landward direction to maintain the parallelism of the land wheel with the line of draft.

In these different adjustments of the beam, the front frame bar 1 is always at right angles to the line of draft, and as the front furrow wheel is sustained by this frame bar, no change-is required in its relation to the draft when'the beam is adjustedto vary the cut of the disks. f

It will. be noted from the foregomgde scription that the adjustments of thgillSlCS to vary the widths of the furrow SllCES-IS "effected by the swinging movement of a single beam or frame member to whi hthe disk carrying arms are permanently attached, andronsequently there are no overlapping djustable beam sections dillicult to bolt together and liable to. become loose, and no projection of the beam in front or in rear of the carrying: Wheels inthe different positions of the disks. Furthormbieby reason of the fact that the-rear furrow wheel r ability of the disks may support andthela'nd wheel support are sustainedby the beam itself, asc distinguished from the bearing of the rear disk. this hearing is not subject to undue strains and .is

not required to be of undue size and out of proportion to the other disk bearings. The improved construction is therefore ofunusual simplicity, is strong. solid and durable, and wholl v free from dctachahly connected parts so diflicult to maintain in firm fixed relations and so apt to become. loose or displaced. At the salme time the adjusthe conveniently and quickly effected, and their angular relations with respect to the line of draft preserved in their different spaced positions. This latter feature. however. is a matter of choic'c rather than an essential characteristic. for if for any reason it is f und advisable to change the angular relations of the disks as the changc'of' cut is made, it would he only necessary to change the character of the curvature of the respective disk carrying arms. I I v Referring now to the feature of my invcntion for raising and lowering the plows and for controllingtheir depth of'cnt. I propose to utilize the power derived from the rotation of the land wheel. to effect them op erations, and to control the same by controlling devices extending within reach of day OfAugtls't, 1915, Ser.

give the attendant a more complete, ready and easy control of the mechanism and to enable him to vary the depth of cut with certainty and facility, and to avoid the liability of the connection of the clutch at improper times, for instance when the plows are to be lowered into action. Y

As shown more particularly in Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 11, the land wheel has fixed to its huba driving member 35,0f a friction clutchwhose driven member 34 loosely surrounds an oscillating cam sleeve 34 on the axle arm 30 ofthe land wheel axle at its inner-end, the .saiddriven 'clutch. member being. provided with a winding drum. 35 to which is connected the forward end of a winding chain 36 whose rear end is anchored to an arm 37 fixed to the furrow wheel supporting arm ,21. The arrange? ment and construction of these parts is such that when the driven. clutch member is shifted into engagement with the driving clutch member, by the oscillation of the cam sleeve 34 by means of a clutch operating lever 38 connected with said sleeve, the driven clutch member will be rotated by the rotation of the land .wheel, and winding the chain onthe winding drum, the landwheel axle will he swung from its forwardly-inclined position rearwardly as indicated by the dotted line arroiv in Fig. 11, thereby lowering the land wheel and raising the rear end of the beam and consequently the plows carried hy'said beam, the forward end of the beam inihis action being corresponding- 1y raised by an adjustment of the front furrow Wheel effected automatically by the lowering of the land wheel, as will he more fully described hereinafter.

Tlie l ind Wheel axle is hcld in its differ ent ad usted positions by means of a toothed arm or rack bar 39 c imeclcd at its lower end bya bracket 40 fixed to the swinging land wheel axle. asshown in Figs. 11 and 12 tremitv ofthe rackslides to a limitedextent I portion "oftheflrack bar and bearing'jat one s end against theilug and at'its' o'ppo s'ite end the said ra clg bar being cu'rvcil in an arc against a shoulder 4301]. the rock, the end of the rock having a head 44 screwed thereon which is adapted to engage the under side of the'lug. By this means, while the rack bar will be caused to move up and down with theswinging movements of the axle, and the letter will be capable of a slight upward movement relative to the rack bar subject to the cushioning spring, which will avoid injury to or break age of the locked parts in the travel oi the machine through the field.

In the swinging movements of the rack bar it slides through and is guided in a 'verticel guiding slot 45 formed in a, housing 45 on the supporting frame 25, the teeth on therack bar facing forwardly so that they will register with a horizontal slot 46 in the frame communicating with the guiding' slot. A locking bolt 46 is mounted to slidein the horizontal slot and is adapted to engage in the respective spaces between the teeth on the rack her as saidspaces register with the slot, by which means the rack,

her may be locked by the locking bolt and held in different positions to hold the plows in their different positions of adjustment. The locking holt is carried on the forward end of a horizontal arm' l'? rear end as at 18 to en' uprig t controlling lever 49, which lever is pivoted near its lower end as at 50 to the ssupporting frarne25, and

is acted on by a spiral tension spring 49' connected to the lever above its axis and to the frame, and tending to draw the lever rearwardly and thereby engage the locking bolt with the reek bar. The lower endof the lever'is connected with the clutch operatinq' lever 38b means of a. spring yieldeble lin 51 pivoted at its opposite ends respectively to the controlling lever and to the clutch operating lever. As a resultof this construction, when the upper end of the controlling lever isdrawn forwardly, asby means of a cord or cable 49 connected thereto and extending within reach of the attendant, the locking bolt 46* will he thrust forward from between the teeth on the rack bar and will thus release the same. 7

The spring yieldable link 51 above referred to consists of an upper rod 51 con nected with the controlling lever 49, and a lower. rod 51 connected with'the clutch 0pcrating lever, whichrods overlap each other I and extend side by side, a head or washer 5i being, fined to the upper end of the lower vrod and being provided with an opening through which the upper rod slides, and heed or washer 51 being fixed to the lower end of the upper rod and being providedwith a hole through which the lower rod slides. A spiral spring 52 encircles the overlapping portions of the rods and bears at its opposite ends respectively against the two washers, so that when a pulling force action of the plivoted' ,at its when the connecting end the upper rod will move endwise relatively to the lower rod and the spring will be compressed between the washers. "The purpose of this construction is to enable the controlling lever to he moved to a limited extent without actuating the clutch operating lever, as for instance when the latch bolt 46 is operated to release the rack when the glows are in elei'rated position. as shown in ig. 7, to permit the plows to be lowered into action. The spring is of such tension that the controlling lever will be permitted under these conditions to move sufiiciently far by compressing the spring, to disengsige the bolt from the notches without actuating the clutch operating lever, so that the clutch will not be thrown into action and will not therefore interfere with the descent oft-he plows by avity. But when the controlling lever is moved forwardly further the spring will be further compressed as s iown in Fig, 11 and will oiler such resistance to the movement of the upper rod that the lower rod will be compelled to move with it and will thereby actuate the clutch controlling lever, this operation of the parts elevated "either partially or wholly as Will be more fully described later on.

The rear edge of the rack bar near its up-i per end is provided with a notch 53 which,

when the land wheel axle is in the position 100 shown in Fig. 7 with the plows fully elevated, is engagedby the nose of a locking dog 54 pivoted between its ends as at 54 to the supportingframe 25, whereby the rack bar will be locked and the plows held. in raised positionL A connecting her 55 is pivotally connected at its forward end as at 56 to the locking dog at a point below the pivotal axis of the same, and is provided near its rear end with an upper notc'th 57, and at its rear extremity on its under side with a lower notch 58, which notches are adapted to he engaged respectively byan upper pin 49' and a lower pin 49 on the controlllng lever, as will be more fully described hereina-fter, the arrangement beingsuch that wardly, .it will rock the locking dog'on'its axis and withdraw its nose from the notch in the rack bar, thereby, releasing the rack bar. An upright rod 59 is pivoted at its lower end to the connecting bar between the ends of tlfe latter, and has fixed to item upper washer 60 and a lower wssherfil, the portion of said rod between the two Washers passing loosely through the rear end of a rocking lever 62 pivoted between its ends on the axis of the locking dog 54:, and a. spiral spring 63' encircling the 'rod between the washers and hearing at its upper end against the upper washer end at its lower end bar is drelwn rearv 63 1s undertension.

engages the stop64 from the.

names? I againstthe rear end of the rocking lever.

The forward end of the rocking lever ex tends alongside the rack bar in such position that it will be-engaged by a stop 64 on the sideof the rack" bar at its upper end when the rack bar is in a lowered position with the plows fully raised as shown in Fig 7. In this position of the parts the rocking lever is held against rocking motionby its engagement with the stop 65., and. the spring and exerting a lifting force on the connecting bar. When how-- ever the rack bar moves upwardly and disrocking lever, the latter will be free to rock down at its rear end, thereby relieving the tension of the spring and its lifting force'on the connecting bar, and the latter will be allowed to rock down as shown in Fig. 11.

The operation of the mechanism so far described is as follows: l

Assume that the land wheel axle and rack bar are in lowered position with the plows elevatedas shown in Fig. 7. In this position of the parts, the locking dog 54 is engaged in the rear notch in the rack bar and is looking theplows raised. Also the locking' bolt 46 isengaged with the forward edge of the rack barv and is held engaged by the spring 49. The rocking lever 62 is en gaged by the stop 64:011 the rack bar, and spring 63 is exerting an upward pull on the connecting bar 55 which is held up with its upper notch 57 engaged by the upper pin 49 on the controlling lever. The clutch of course is disengaged, with the driven clutch member at rest, the chain wound on the winding drum, and the driving clutch men1'-- her rotating idly with the land wheel as the plow advances through the field.

To lower the plows into the round from the raised position of Fig.- 7, t e attendant pulls forward and maintains the pull on the (Ill cable 52 and rocks the controlling lever 49. This action will thrust the locking bolt 46" forwardly out of engagement with the rack bar, and willat the same time, owing to the engagement of the upper pin 49*- on the controlling lever in the upper notch in the onnecting bar 55, draw said bar'rearwardly and rock the locking dog 54 and disengage the samel from the rear notch in the rack bar. The rack bar now being entirely released, the land wheel axle will be free to rotate in its bearing and will swing upwardly and forwardly under the weight of the plows and frame, thereby unw1nding' the chain from the drum, and the plows w ll descend into the ground, the rack bar in this action moving upwardly through the guide in the supporting frame until limited by the engagement of an adjustable stop block 66 on the rack" bar with the lower end of the liousin on the supporting frame, whereupon t e parts will come to rest with the -cahle, and the the rear edge of the rack bar limits the throw of the controlling lever and prevents the same from moving sufficiently far to actuate the clutch controlling lever, the extensible link 51 in thisaction lengthening out and Tom essing spring 52. The driven member oi the clutch and the winding drum therefor are free to rotate in reverse direction in unwinding the chain and ofi'er no interference with the descent of the plows into action. The operator still has hold of the.

controlling lever and bar 55 are in the 'full line position of Fig. 10. l/Vhen the plows have thus reached their proper depth in the ground, as determined by the engagement of the stop block 66 with the housing on the supporting frame, the attendant, releases the strain on the cable. whereupon spring 49 will draw the controlling lever and the locking bolt-46 rearwardly and will engage the bolt in one of the'spaces between the teeth ,on the rack bar, thereby locking the same with the plows down as shown in Fig. 10. At the same time, the upper pin 49? on the controlling lever will disengage from the upper notch on the connect ng bar, which latter will dro to the position shown bydotte l lines in h ig. 10, and will leave the actuating lever free to be operated to its full extent to actuate the clutch lever when the plows are to be elevated.

From the foregoing description it will be noted that it is impossible in lowering the plows, for the attendant to pull the controlling lever far enough to throw theclutclr into action, since the connecting bar 5 5'actsas a stop and will limit such movement to an extent suflicient only to release the rack bar from its locked position, the attendant in the lowering operation simply pulling forwardly on the cable and maintaimng the strain thereon until the plows are full lowered and then releasing the cable, which releasing action will automatically release the controlling lever from thelimiting control of the connectin bar, and will leave the lever free to be fully operated when the plows are to be raised. 7

If new it is desired to raise the plows out of action to their full extent, from the dotted line position of F ig. 10, the attendant as before pulls forwardly on the cable, and there being no limiting action on the the connecting bar 55 in the operation just with the tractor in making described, the controlling lever will be operated to its full extent, and compressing spring 52 on the yieldable link, the clutch operating lever 38 will be drawn rearwardly and the clutch will be thrown into action, the lower pin 49? on the controlling lever in this operation engaging in the lower notch 58 in the connecting frame aS shown in Fig. 11, while at the same time the locking bolt 46 will be disengaged from the rack bar. The attendant promptly releases the strain on the cable, but the controlling lever will be held forward by the connecting bar 55 and the connection of the clutch will be for the time being maintained and the locking bolt held free of the rack bar. The clutch being connected, the winding drum is turned by the rotation of the land wheel, and winding the chain thereon, the land wh-eel axle will be swung downwardly and rearwardly as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 11, thereby drawing the rack bar down through its guide and raising the plows out of action. This action Willcontinue until the stop 64 ,on'the rack bar brings up against the for ward end of rocking lever, 62, whereupon the rear end of said lever will be swung upwardly, and applying pressure-to spring 63, the latter will exert a lifting force on the connecting bar 55 and will lift it from engagement with the pin 49*. This will release the controlling lever andit will be swung rearwardly at its upper end under the influence of spring 49 and spring 51 and will draw the locking bolt 46 rearwardly and engagethe same with the rack bar, the

lower end of the controlling lever in this actionmoving forwardly and. engaging the upper pin 49* thereon in the upper notch in the connecting disconnecting the clutch. Simultaneously with this action the nose on locking dog 5i p will seat in the notch 53 in the rack bar and the latter will be locked with the plows raised as shown in Fig. 7. I

In the operation of raising the plows to their full extent as described, it' was seen that all the attendant had to do was to give a strong pull on the cable and then release the same, there being no necessity for observing any particular care in the strength of the pull, or any necessity for maintaining the strain on the cable. This is of advantage and importance, particularly in turning at the ends of the the attendants attention is fully occupied the turn, and it being merely necessary, in effecting the elevation of the plows, to pull on the cable and then immediately release the same. the attendants attention is not being taken from the tractor. It will be further observed that when the operator gives the cable a strong pull and then releases the same, the plows bar and at the same time furrows, at which time arass? will beautomatically raised to their full height and to the same height above the ground regardless of the depth to which they have been adjusted. This raising of the plows the same distance above the ground from all plowing depths, is an important feature, because it insures that the plows will be sufficiently high when raised to be easily transported. This result is secured by reason of the fact that the raising action continues when the powerlift has been set into operation until the mechanism is tripped out by the stop 64, Figure 7. When the plows are raised from a deep plowing position, the raising action continues for a longer period than when they are raised from a shallow plowing position, but in both cases, the raising mechanism is tripped out and stopped with the crank axle in-the same position relative to the frame and the plows are consequently raised in both cases the same height above the, ground.

Another feature is that the effective power of the power-lift is the same whether the plows are being lifted from a deep plowing position or from a shallow plowing position. If the mechanism were arranged to always lift the plows to the same height above the round, but if in securing this action, the 95 land wheel turned the same amount whether. lifting from a deep plowing or shallowplowing position, it will be clear that the acllion would be secured at a sacrifice of power. In the present mechanism, the application of power is the same in all the liftlot ing actions. The chain is wound on the drnm during the lifting operation, such action continuing for a longer period when the plows are being lifted from a deep plowing position than when they are being lifted from a shallow plowing position. The wer available is the same in both cases.

ivltill another feature is the level lift that is secured. By connecting the rear crank axle with the front furrow wheel axle, both are lifted together with the result the the diagonal beam between them is raised in such a manner that it remains substantiiilly level.

It, now it is desired to raise the plows a 5 notch at a time, the attendant pulls forward on the cable and rocks the controlling lever from the dotted line position of Fig.

10 a limited extent sufiicient to engage the clutch, but not far enough to engage the lower pin on the controlling lever with the lower notch in the connecting bar. and the attendant retains his hold on the cable. This will disengage the locking bolt 46 from the rack bar, and the chain being 5 wound on the drum, the plows will begin to rise. \Vhen. the proper elevation has been reached, the attendant quickly releases the cable, and the locking bolt again engaging the rack bar under the influence of spring 1 30 .ted lines in Fig. 10. By

49" acting lever 49 and the reaction of spring 2 the plows will be locked in their new pos1t1on, the connecting bar 55 in this operation resting loosely upon the lower pin of the controlling lever as shown by dotrepeating this operation, the plows may be notches at a time. Or, if the plows are to be lowered again a notch or more, the attendant pulls on the cable with less force and not sufficiently to engage the clutch, with the result that the locking bolt will be disengaged,

and when the proper depth is reached the attendant releases the cable quicklyas before,

' and the locking bolt will again engage the rack bar and lock the plows in position.

It is seen therefore that theattendanthas complete and effective control over the op eration of the parts and may either wholly raise or lower the plows or may adjust the samegto the proper depth by a proper ma nipulation of the cable, and this without danger of throwing the clutch into action at an improper time, and withoutinterfering with the proper control of the tractor.

, In order that the forward end of the beam and frame sup-ported by the front furrow wheel, may be raised and lowered in unison with the rearv end supported bythe land wheel, I mount the front furrow wheel stem in the frame so that it may be adjusted vertically, and I provide connections between the sameand the land wheel axle, of such form and construction that when the land wheel axle is swung downwardly to raisethe plows, the front furrow wheel stem,

and consequently the furrow wheel, thereon,

will also be'moved down. In accomplishing this result I prefer to adopt the construction shown more articularly in Figs.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, w ere it will be seen that the transverse frame bar 1 at the front is upturned at its furrow end in the form: of a vertical post 68 on which is firmly and fixedly mounted a block or frame 69.

This block is formed in rear of the post with a vertical bearing opening in which is oosely mounted so as to turn therein and .lso to shift endwise, a vertical furrow wheel stem 70 having swiveled on its upper *end a, head 70*, and having at its lower endan axle arm 71 on which the furrow wheel 2 is rotatably mounted. The head 70 is l formed with a transverse bearing 72 in which is loosely mounted the lateral upper end 7 3 of an upright link 74, the lower end.

of which is bent laterally to form a stud 75. vThe stud is mounted loosely in a hole in the reare-nd of a horizontal arm- 76.

whose forward end is fixed to one end of a horizontal rock shaft 77'mo-unted in bearings 7 8 and 79 on the block 69 and sleeve 13" respectively. As a result of this construction, when the rock shaft 77 is rocked in a counter-clockwise direction (Fig. 3),

raised one or more When, upwardly to lower the plows at the rear,

rod 38 extending along end to the yoke and is pivoted at its rear- 86 (Fig. 12), which end to a second yoke latter yoke is pivotedto the free end. of an arm 87 fixed to wheel axle. Due to this construction and arrangement of the parts, when the land wheel axle is swung down to raise the rear end of the beam and plows, the arm 87 will pull rea-rwardly on the connecting rod 84 and the arm 80 on rock shaft 77 will be swung to the rear and rockin shaft"?! in a clockwise direction (Fig. .3 crank. arm 76 will be swung down and the, furrow wheel stem lowered in its bearing, andthe furrow wheel correspondingly lowered. however, the landw-heel axle is swung the movements of'the parts will be reversed and the front furrow wheel will beraised in unison. In this way the beam carrying the plowing 'disks is raised and lowered uniofte frame'and plows maintained,

e block 81 may beadjusted along the arm 80 by means of an adjusting feed screwthe side of the arm and rotatably' mounted at its upper end in a hearing in a head 89 pivoted to the side of the arm on ahorizontal' transverse axis,,the upper extremity of the screw-rod being provided with a crank for turning it. The rod is screwed in a nut 90 pivoted to the side of the block 81 on an axis parallel with that of the head 89, so that by rotating the screw- .rod in one direction or the other, the block 81 will be adjusted up or down on=the arm 80. The purpose of this adjustment among other things, is to vary the vertical relations of the land wheel and front furrow wheel to enable the two wheels to travel on the land when the plow is being transported as shown in Fig. 3,01 to enable the furrow n wheel to travel in the furrow and the land wheel on the land when the plow is in operation as shown in Fig. 5, while at thesame time preserving the level of the beam and plows under the difl'erent adjustments.

In order that when the plows are raised the rearfurrow wheel will be allowed to caster freely in making a turn, and in order that when the plows are lowered again, the furrow wheel will be controlled as to its castering action and he caused to automatifoly at the front and rear, and-the level wheel correspondv the journal 28 of the land V 'the invention is not screwed a bolt has fixed to it above the bearing 22, a collar w th a lug-92 in which is 93 constituting an adjustable or which will presently 91 provided stop, the purpose -10. appear; Above the collar the stemis loosely encircled by-the inner end of an arm-94, having a shoulder 94 in position to engage the stop 93; and to the outer end of this arm is pivoted a head 95 on a vertical axis. A

link 96 has its rear end pivoted to the head- 95 on a horizontal axis, and has its forward end pivoted on a vertical axis to a second head 97 whichis in turn of the arm 87 on a horizontal axis. The form and relation of these parts and connections are such that when the land wheel is swung down to raise the plows, the arm 87 swinging to the rear, will force the arm, 94 rearwardly and carry its stop shoulder 94 away from the stop bolt 93, thereby leaving the furrow wheel stem free to turn in its bearings and permitting the furrow wheel to caster freely When now the land wheel axle is swung up to lower the plows, a reverse action of the arms 87 and 94 will take place, with the result that the shoulder of arm 94 will engage the stop 93 and the furrow wheel stem will be positively turned around until the wheel lines up in proper osition to follow in the furrow.

The front furrow wheel is provided-at a point below its bearing, with a forwardly extending arm 100 which is connected by means of a draft link 101 with the draft plate 15, by whichm'eans the front furrow whee will be turned relatively guiding movements of the latter.

By the provision of the turn buckle in the rod 84, the length of the rod may be varied to compensate for the different relations of the parts in the adjustments of the disk carrying beam, it being necessary to lengthen the rod when the beam is adjusted.

furrowvvard, and necessary to shorten the rod when the beam is adjusted landward. I

i In the accompanying drawings and foregoing description I have disclosed my 1nvention in the particular detailed construction which I prefer to adopt, but it will be skilled mechanic-that the details may be variously changed and modified without departing from the limits of my invention; and it will be understood that limited to any particumanifest to the lar form or construction of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a plow, the combination of a frame adapted to carry plowing devices, a wheel on sai pivoted to the side to the frame in the support mounted on the frame and movable relatively thereto to raise and lower the plowin devices, a ground wheel rotatable support, means operated by the rotation of-the ground wheel for moving said wheel support, a clutch for controlling the operation of by the wheel support, a locking device for the rack bar mounted on the frame, a controlling-lever for the locking device, and a said means, a rack bar carried connection between the controlling lever and clutch.

2, In a plow the combination of a frame adapted to carry plowing devices, a wheel support journaled in the frame to swing up and down relatively thereto to raise and lower the plowing devices, a ground wheel rotatable on the wheel support, means operated by the rotation of vthe ground wheel for swingin the wheel support, a clutch for controlling the operation of said means, a rack bar connected at its lower end to the wheel support and curved upwardly in an arc struck from the pivotal axisof the wheel support as a centre, a locking device on the frame for locking the rack bar, a controlling lever for the locking device mounted on the frame, and connections between the controlling lever and the clutch.

3, In a plow, the combination of a frame adapted to carry plowing devices, a wheel support mounted on the frame and movable relatively thereto to raise and lower the plowing devices, a ground wheel on the wheel support, means operated by the rotation to, the ground wheel for moving the wheel support to raise the plowing devices, a clutch for controlling the opl eration of said means, a locking do mountlock the ed on the frame inposition to wheel support with the plows in raised position, a controlling lever for the dog mount ed on the frame, a connecting device between the dog and controlling lever, and a connection between the lever and the clutch, said connecting device acting as a stop of the controlling lever and thereby preventing the operation of the clutch, and when in another position permitting the a ground wheel on the wheel for moving the when in one position to'limit the movement nemes s nesting bar pivotedto' to be engaged by the controlling lever when dog is in unlockingposition, and tion between. clutch, a r

- 5. in n plow, the combination of a frame adopted to carry plowing devices, a wheel support mounted on the frame end. movable relatively thereto to raise and lower the plowing devices, at ground wheel on the wheel support, means operated by therota tion of the ground wheel for moving the wheel support to raise the plowing devices, a clutch for controlling said means, a locking dog "fi iiroe in the controlling lever and position to lock the wheel support with, the

' lever plows raised, a controlling lever for the dog mounted on the frame, a connecting bar pivoted to the dog in position to be engaged by the controlling lever when the dog is in unlocking position and acting to limit the movement of the controlling lever, said bar being movable out oi engagement with the lever when the dog is in unlocking position, and a connection between the lever and the clutch, said connecting bar when the controlling lever is operated to connect the clutch, being adapted to engage with the lever and hold the clutch connected.

6, In a plow, the combination of a frame adapted to carry plowirw devices, a wheel support mounted on the il'arne and movable relatively thereto inraising and lowering the plowing devices, a groundwhecl on the support, means operated by the rotation of the ground wheel for moving the wheel support to raise the plowing devices, a clutch for controlling the operation of said means, a controlling lever mounted on the frame and connected with the clutch for operating it, a rack bar on the wheel support, a locking bolt for the rack bar connected with the controlling lever, and a locking dogelso connected with the controlling lever in position to engage the rack bar and lock the same with the plows raised. 7

7. In a plow, the combination of a frame adapted to carry plowin' devices, it wheel support mountedon the ii'eme and movable relatively thereto ,in raising and lowering the plows, a ground wheel on the support, means operated by the ground wheel for moving the wheel support to raise the plowing devices," a clutch for controlling the operation of said means, a, locking device mounted on the frame in position to lock the support with the plows raised, a con trolling lever connected with the clutch, and a connection between the looking device and the controllingleverg'said connection being" in position to be engaged by the controlling i the lever is operated to releesefim the do}; in position locking device, and

and limit the movement of the same gngedby the lever vwhen the letter is operated to connect the clutch. and then to hold the lever with the clutch connected.

8. In a plow, the combination of a frame adapted to car'y plowing devices, .a wheel support mounted on the frame and movable relatively theretoin raising and lowering" the plows, a ground wheel on the support, means operated by the "ground wheel for moving the wheel support to raise the plowing devices, a clutch ior controlling the operation of said means, as locking device mounted on the frame in position to lock the support with the plowsreised, a controlling lever connected with the clutch,,e connection betweei'i the locking device and the controlling leve'nsaid connection being in position to be engaged by thecontrolling lever and limit the movenientof the-same when the lever is locking device, and being adapted to be engaged by the lever when the latter is operated to connectthe clutch and then to hold the lever with the clutch connected, and means for automatically releasing the lever when the plows reach their full elevation.

9. In a plow, the mmbinetion of a, frame to carry plowing devices, it wheel support mounted on the frame and movable rel atively thereto to raise and lower the plowing devices, a ground wheel on the support,

mcans operated by the rotation of the device between the lever and the; locking dog, and means locked ra sed to engaged with the lever to limit the moveacting when the plows are hold the connecting device being adapted to be en ,85 operated to release the merit of the same, and thereby prevent the 7 clutch from beingmonnected, said, means operating when the wheel support is re leased and begins to rise, to automatically release the controlling lever.

10. In a plow, the combination of a frame to carry plowing devices, a wheel support mounted on the frame and ,movable relatively thereto to raise and lower the plowing devices, a ground wheel mounted on the support. means operated by the rotation of the ground wheel for moving the support to raise the plowrng'devi'ces, a clutch controlhug the operation of said means, ar'a'ck'bar on the Wheel support, a, lockingdog' on the position to engage thefrack bar I plowing devices raised; a con; on the frame connected with frame in and hold the trolling lever the clutch, a

connectin her pivoted to. provided with a notch to 1 0 receive a pin on the controlling lever, a rocking lever on the frame, a rod connected with the connecting bar andslidmgly engaged with one end ofthe rocking lever, a spring on said rod bearing respectively on the rocking lever and rod, and a stop on the rack bar in position to engage the opposite end of the rocking lever when the rack bar is in lowered position with the plows raised; whereby the connecting frame, held by the spring in engagement with the con trolling lever, will be automatically released when the stop disengages in the rise of the rack bar.

11. In a plow, the combination of a frame to carry plowing devices, a wheel support mounted on the frame and movable relatively thereto to raise and lower the plowing devices,- a ground wheel on sa1d su port, means operated by the rotation of t e ground wheel for moving the support to raisethe plowing devices, a clutch controlling the operation of said means, a clutch operating lever, a locking device on the frame in position to lock the wheel support with the plowing devices raised, a controlling lever on the frame operatively connected with the locking device, and an extensible connecting device between the controlling lever and the clutch operating lever, said device including a spring arranged to be placed under tension when the connecting device is extended by the actuation of the clutch lever; whereby the spring in reacting will restore the controlling lever to its normal position. Y

12. In a plow, the combination of a frame to carry plowing devices, a front furrow wheel support mounted on the frame to move up and down relatively thereto and carrying a furrow wheel, a transverse rock shaft mounted on the frame and operatively connected with. the furrow wheel support to move it up and down, an upright crank arm fixed to the rock shaft, a feed screw journaled on the crank arm, a sliding block threaded to the feed screw to be moved thereby longitudinally of the crank arm, a land wheel support mounted on the rear of the frame to move up and down relatively thereto and carrying a land wheel, and a link operatively connected at one end to said land wheel support and pivoted at its opposite end to the said sliding block.

13: A powerlift plow having plow beams, lifting mechanism operated by power from one of the supporting wheels for swinging the crank axle to lift the plow beams, means for adjusting the crank axle to vary the depth of plowing, and controlling means for the power-lift mechanism, including a control lever, the momentary actuation of which will set the powerlift into ope ation, said the rocking lever ramps-z powerlii't mechanism serving, when set'into operation to lift the plows, to continue 111 o ration until automatically stopped by t e controlling means, and said controlling means serving after settin the powerlift into operation to automatically stop the power-lift mechanism after varying prede tel-mined movements depending upon the depth of adjustment, at a point such that the plows are always lifted to their full height above the ground from all plowing positions justed r 14. A powerlift plow having plow beanie,- supporting wheels, a crank axle, lifting mechanism operated b power from one of the supporting whee s for swinging the to which they may have been adcranx axle to lift the plow beams, means for adjusting the crank axle to vary the depth of plowing, and controllin means for the powerlift mechanism, incudm control lever, the momenta actuation of which will set the werlift into operation, said powerlift mecli into operation to lift the plows, to continue in operation to lift the plows from any depth to which they may have been adjusted until automatically stopped by the controlling means at a point where the plows are. at their full height above the ground, the powerlift mechanism being constructed so that the power exerted by it will sulz stantially the same during the entire lifting operation and for all lifting opctetions m! from all depths of plowing.

15. A powerlift plow having plow beams, supporting wheels, a crank axle, lifting mechanism operated b power from one of the supporting whee crank axle to lift the plow beams, ling means for the lifting mechanism 'ar ranged so that, when tripped with the plows in lowered position, the lifting mechanism will be set" into operation and will continue to operate until the plows are lifted out of the ground, the association and construction of the lifting mechanism and the controlling means bein such that the plows are lifted to their tn 1- height above the ground from all plowing ositions, said controlling means including mechanism by means of which the depth ofplowing may be adjusted through the controlling -means.

16. A powerlift plow having plow beams, supporting wheels, a crank axle, liftin mechanism operated b power from one 0% the supporting whee s fory'swinging the crank axles to lift the plow beams, locking means for locking the ow beams in raised position, and control ing mechanisnr for both the locking means and the powerlift mechanism serving, when actuated for lift-r; ing( the plows out of the ground, to unloc the locking means and setthe po'werlift mechanism into operation, said powerlift controlanisni serving, when set for swinging thev mechanism continuim in operation until means having mechanism associated th616 automatically stoppel by the controlling with for positively revent ing it from set-, means which thereupon locks the plows in. ting the lifting mec anism into operation." I raised position, said controlling means,'when .In testimony whereof; I have affixed my- 5 actuated with the plows raised, serving to signature hereto. unlock the locking means, but not to actuate l the powerlift mechanism, said controlling HARRY s. DICKINSON. 

